Dear Colleagues,

The application deadline for the Systems 2024 Travel Award has been extended. Entries will be accepted until 30 April 2024. We are looking forward to applications from all over the world.

Systems will be granting the Systems 2024 Travel Award to one junior scientist. The applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee consisting of senior scholars from the Systems Editorial Board.

This award provides financial support for the winner to attend an international conference in the field of systems to be held in 2024, in order to hold a presentation, present a poster, or both.

Candidate Requirements:
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students.
– Plans to attend an international conference in 2024 (oral presentation or poster).

Required Application Documents:
– Information of the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted.
– Curriculum vitae and list of publications.
– Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words).
– Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status as a postdoctoral fellow/PhD student.

The winner will be awarded CHF 500 and a certificate.

The prizes will be awarded at the end of June 2024 and announced on the journal website.

Kind regards,
Systems Editorial Office

Thank you for your continuous support. We regret to inform you that the deadline for announcing the winners of the Systmes 2022 Best Paper Award has been postponed to 31 May 2024.

The editorial office would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Systems 2022 Best Paper Award for research and review articles published in Systems from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. Two articles will receive an award each. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal’s Award Committee.

Eligibility for the Award
– Papers published in Systems from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria:
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

The Prize:
There will be two winners this year, and each will receive the following:
– CHF 300;
– A chance to publish a paper free of charge in Systems in 2024 after peer review;
– A certificate.

The winners will be announced on the journal website by the end of May 2024.

Kind regards,
Systems Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of Systems, I am pleased to announce the winner of the Systems 2023 Travel Award. The award has been granted to Dr. Gianmarco Bressanelli, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

As the awardee, Dr. Gianmarco Bressanelli will receive an honorarium of CHF 500 and an electronic certificate.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winner on his accomplishments.

Prof. Dr. William T. Scherer
Editor-in-Chief, Systems

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 Travel Award sponsored by Systems. The award was granted to Mr. Peng Xu, a Ph.D. student of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He will be supported with 800 Swiss Francs to cover travel expenses of the 29th Annual INCOSE International Symposium, which will be held in Orlando, FL, USA.

Mr. Peng Xu’s current research focuses on intelligent manufacturing, production automation, mathematical modeling, and data analytics. He currently is a graduate research assistant in the Systems Engineering and
Design Lab, VT.

Systems is proud to support this young researcher working in the field of systems science, systems engineering, and systems-related fields and wishes him the greatest success in his career. We would also like to express our gratitude to all who submitted applications—thank you for letting us get to know you and your work. We hope all of you continue to pay attention to Systems in the future.

I would like to congratulate the winner and thank the selection committee for their excellent work in selecting the winner from such a large number of outstanding candidate profiles.

Prof. Dr. Ockie Bosch
Editor-in-Chief, Systems

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Systems, on behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I am pleased to announce that the winner of the Systems 2018 Travel Award is Ms. Erin S. Kenzie, a PhD student at Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA, who will be supported with 800 Swiss Francs towards her travel expenses to attend the 36th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, to be held in Reykjavík, Iceland, 6-10 August 2018.

Ms. Erin S. Kenzie is a PhD candidate in Systems Science at Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA. Her research is in systems modeling, social science research methods, and urban studies. Ms. Erin S. Kenzie has been studying system dynamics for more than ten years. Her papers “Presenting interactive causal-loop diagrams in Kumu: Lessons from a concussion recovery model” and “Computational Model for
Traumatic Brain Injury” have been accepted to the 36th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society.

This was a difficult decision with such high quality applications for the award, and we would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and thought-provoking presentations. We would also like to deliver our great thanks to the Evaluation Committee members for their comprehensive evaluation of the candidates.

Prof. Dr. Ockie Bosch
Editor-in-Chief